Richard Stephen Austin, a native of Blacksburg, Virginia,
is the son of Vernon Childrey and Hattie Wiggins Austin.
He graduated from
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University with a B.S. in Biology. LTC Austin is a
retired Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, and enjoyed a
career with the U.S. Departments of Transportation and
Labor, as an acquisition officer. He is married to
Dorothy Rhea Cochran Austin. The Austins have one
daughter, Patricia Louise Austin Ting.

Society Memberships
* National Society Sons of Colonial New England
(Governor General)
* Order of the First Families of Connecticut (Treasurer
General)* Hereditary Order of the
Families of the Presidents and First Ladies of
America
(Treasurer General)
* National Society of Sons of American Colonists (Deputy
Governor General
* National Society Sons of the
American Revolution (former Librarian
General)
* National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
(District of Columbia
Branch Governor)
* Order of the Founders and Patriots of America (former
Registrar and
Counselor of the Virginia and District of Columbia Societies)